Modeling and experimental observation of an on-chip two-dimensional far-field interference pattern

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1822-1826

  Hosseini, Amir ^a,b   Kwong, David ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^a,b   Alu, Andrea ^a   Chen, Ray T ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVEGUIDES;

FAR FIELD APPROXIMATION; FAR FIELD INTERFERENCE; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLERS; SILICON NANOMEMBRANE; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SILICON;

EID: 79958860114     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.001822     Document Type: Article

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